Chapter 717

• A man stood in the middle of the aisle and started playing on his bagpipes as the guests left the cathedral while we signed the registry to make the marriage legal as well. I couldn’t read Adelie’s expression as she signed the book and handed me the pen.
• I signed next to my name and looked at Adelie’s signature. She’d used the St. Claire name and it settled something inside me. It was done. She was my wife and nothing could change that. My son would not be born a bastard, no matter what happened later that night.
• “Thank you, Bishop,” I said, as we shook hands and he picked the book up.